EP0054526A1 - Machine à percer les tunnels - Google Patents

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EP0054526A1
EP0054526A1 EP81850232A EP81850232A EP0054526A1 EP 0054526 A1 EP0054526 A1 EP 0054526A1 EP 81850232 A EP81850232 A EP 81850232A EP 81850232 A EP81850232 A EP 81850232A EP 0054526 A1 EP0054526 A1 EP 0054526A1
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Larry L. Snyder
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
    • E21D9/10—Making by using boring or cutting machines
    • E21D9/1093—Devices for supporting, advancing or orientating the machine or the tool-carrier
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
    • E21D9/10—Making by using boring or cutting machines
    • E21D9/11—Making by using boring or cutting machines with a rotary drilling-head cutting simultaneously the whole cross-section, i.e. full-face machines
    • E21D9/112—Making by using boring or cutting machines with a rotary drilling-head cutting simultaneously the whole cross-section, i.e. full-face machines by means of one single rotary head or of concentric rotary heads

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  • This invention relates generally to tunneling machines, and more particularly to tunneling machines having a rotary boring or cutting head for boring passages through soft rock, hard rock and minerals.
  • a reliable and proven machine has been developed for ct ting hard rock at a fast enough cutting rate to make it competitive with prior drilling methods. That machine is set forth in U.S. patent No. 3,383,138. According to that patent, a fixed su porting frame is anchored in the tunnel by two axially spaced se of projecting arms, each set of which has four arms equidistant] spaced and actuated by hydraulic cylinders to position the frame without regard to the weight of the machine.
  • a movable frame i: carried centrally within the supporting frame by sets of torque arms at each end, which both support the moving frame and transn the reaction torque from the moving frame to the supporting frame.
  • a cutter head is mounted in bearings at the front end of the moving frame and carries a cutter plate having a number of roller cutters mounted thereon.
  • a drive shaft extends the lengt of the moving frame to project beyond the rear of the supporting frame where the shaft is driven by a plurality of motors which drive an encircling ring gear. Hydraulic cylinders acting betwc the supporting frame and the cutter head apply the force direct] to the bearing supporting the cutter head to cause the moving frame to move relative to the supporting frame.
  • a jack is lowered at the rear end to support the moving frame by the jack and the cutter head to allow the supporting frame to have the a retracted and moved forward to the next position, where the supporting frame is again anchored to allow the cutting movement t v : continue.
  • This invention provides a tunneling machine which is adapted to cut tunnels on a continuous basis and which is adapted to apply continuous pressure on the tunnel face even during repositioning of the gripping legs.
  • the tunneling machine includes at least two supporting frames each having a plurality of extendible feet which are adapted to grip the tunnel wall.
  • the support frames are provided with axial bores therethrough and a hollow piston extends through all of the bores for longitudinal movement along the axis of the tunnel.
  • the piston is provided with piston heads for each of the hollow pistons which are slidable along the bores so that fluid pressure may be employed to advance the hollow piston.
  • a drive shaft is rotatably mounted in the hollow piston and is fixed against longitudinal movement with respect to the piston. One end of the drive shaft carries a rotatable cutter head thereon, and the other end of the shaft is driven by a plurality of motors through a ring gear.
  • a tunneling operation is carried out by extending at least one pair of extendible feet against the walls of the tunnel to securely hold at least one of the support frames relative to the tunnel wall.
  • the piston chamber of each support frame which is clamped to the wall is pressurized to push the cutter head against the face of the tunnel. While the cutter head is being advanced in this manner, the unclamped support feet are moved forward to a clamping position.
  • the first-mentioned hollow piston nears the end of its stroke, the second-mentioned support frame is clamped in position to continue to push the cut ter head, and the first-mentioned extendible feet are released s that its support frame may be repositioned for subsequent pushing action.
  • front and rear support feet are provided which are merely dragger along as the tunneling operation progresses.
  • a tunnel boring machine 10 having supporting frame members 11 anc 12.
  • Each support frame 11 and 12 is braced against the tunnel walls to position the machine in proper alignment and to absorb the torque and thrust forces produced by the cutting action.
  • E support frame 11 and 12 carries a pair of horizontal, radially extending clamp legs 13, 14, 15, and 16.
  • Each leg 13-16 includ a saddle 17 having a piston bore 18 in which is mounted a pisto 19, which may be pressurized by a suitable hydraulic source to drive the piston inwardly or outwardly.
  • Each piston has a pres sure pad 20 attached thereto by a ball 25 which is received in spherical socket 26.
  • the ball and socket connection between th pad 20 and its piston 19 permits movement of the pad relative t the piston to compensate for uneven tunnel wall portions.
  • the foregoing arrangement provides a compact foot and provides an arrangement wherein fluid pressure is applied to a greater area the pressure pad, as compared to prior art arrangements wherein pressure is applied to the pad by conventional piston and cylin arrangements.
  • the longitudinal axis of the support frames 11 a 12 may be guided and aligned for steering purposes by adjusting the relative radial extension of the pads by the pistons 19.
  • the hollow, elongated tube 29 has an annular piston head adjacent its forward end which divides a space between the bord and the elongated tube 29 into forward and rearward compression chambers 21 and 22, respectively. Those chambers are sealed at their outer ends by front and rear ring seals 31 and 32, respectively.
  • the hollow tube 29 further includes a ring 33 which con stitutes an annular piston head which divides a space between th bore 28 and the hollow tube 29 into forward and rearward pressur chambers 23 and 24, respectively. Those chambers are sealed at their outer ends by front and rear ring seals 34 and 35, respectively.
  • the support frames 11 and are both in a forward position with respect to the hollow tube.
  • the forward end of the hollow tube 29 carries an enlarg bell-shaped housing 36 which supports the outer race of a bearin. 37.
  • the bearing 37 is preferably of the high capacity, double- row, tapered roller-type adapted to absorb both radial loads and thrust loads in either direction.
  • the split inner race of the bearing 37 is secured to the outer surface of a cutter head hub portion 38 of a drive shaft 39, which extends through the hollow tube 29 to journal the drive shaft for rotation with respect to the hollow piston.
  • a rotatable cutter head 40 is fixed to the forward end the drive shaft 39 by a noncircular fit between the forward end the drive shaft and the hub portion 38.
  • keys may be used as an alternative.
  • a plurality of inside saddl ⁇ 41 are located in predetermined positions on the forward end fact of the cutter head 40 by locating dowel pins (not shown) and are welded to the cutter head 40.
  • Each inside saddle 41 carries an inside roller cutter 42.
  • a number of gauge saddles 43 are located in predetermined positions on the front face of the cutter head 40 by locating dowel pins (not shown) andsuitably welded to the cutter head.
  • a gauge roller cutter 44 is rotatably journaled in a suitable manner to each of the gauge saddles 43.
  • the gauge saddles 43 support the gauge cutters 44 is such a manner that the axis of rotation of the gauge cutters 44 at an angle to the axis of the rotation of the inside cutters 42, so that the tunnel end face is provided with a slightly relieved portion adjacent the cylindrical tunnel wall.
  • a center cutter (not shown) is also provided.
  • the details of the arrangement of the cutter head are conventional and are disclosed in more detail in U . S. patent No. 3,383,138, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
  • the drive shaft 39 is rotated by electric drive motors 4 and 46 through gear reduction transmissions 47 and 48.
  • the trans missions 47 and 48 are mounted on a housing 52 carried on the rea end of tube 29 and are provided with pinion gears 49 and 50 which mesh with and drive a ring gear 51 fixed to the rear end of drive shaft 39. It will be understood that this arrangement can use an number of drive motors, and these drive motors can be single or multiple-speed units if it is desired to vary the rotating speed of the cutting head. Likewise, the amount of reduction provided by the gear reduction transmissions is also selected to give the proper speed for the cutter head.
  • the machine is supported during the cutting action at only one of the support frames 11 and 12, it is free to rotate about n transverse axis defined by the clamp legs on the particular support frame which is gripping the tunnel walls. For this reason, it is necessary to provide vertical support for the tunnel boring machine both in front of and behind the support frames 11 and 12. Accordingly, at the rear end of the machine beneath the rear housing 52 is mounted a vertically extending hydraulic cylin der 57 and a rear support foot 56 adapted to engage the bottom surface of the tunnel. At the front end of the machine, at the bearing housing 36, are mounted a pair of front cylinders 58 and 59, and their support feet 60 and 61, respectively.
  • These front cylinders extend outwardly and downwardly at an angle (see FIG. 4), and can be used in unison to raise and lower the cutter head 40 and, by their selective alternative use, can be used to provide a certain amount of lateral tilting or shifting of the cutter head.
  • all three of the support feet 56, 60, and 61 are extended against the tunnel wall surface and slide along it while the machine is progressing forwardly during cutting, and each of these feet will supply sufficient upward force for the machine to keep it in proper alignment in the tunnel.
  • the rear support frame 12 has its clamp legs 15 and 16 retracted, and is at a rearward position on the hollow tube 29 and is therefore inactive.
  • the front support frame 11 has its clamp legs 13 and 14 extended into gripping contact with the tunnel walls, and its rearward chamber 22 is therefore pressurized while its forward chamber 21 is allowed to drain to reservoir.
  • the pressure within the rearward chamber 22 causes a forward thrust t c : push the cutter head 40, which is being continually rotated by drive motors 45, forwardly against the end face of the tunnel so that the rock can be broken away in the well known manner.
  • the posit of the rear support frame 12 is advanced along forwardly with respect to the hollow tube 29 by pressurizing the forward chambi 23 of rear support frame 12 until that frame moves to the posit: shown in F IG. 2B, which also shows the hollow tube 29 at the for ward position with respect to the front support frame 11.
  • the clamp legs 15 ar 16 of the rear support frame now in the position shown in FIG. 2B, are extended so that for a short period of time all four of the clamp legs 13-16 are in gripping contact with the sidewalls the tunnel.
  • both of the rearward chambers 22 and will be pressurized simultaneously for a short period of time, a since this doubles the effective area, constant forward cutting force is maintained by reducing the pressure in both of these chambers to half the level that is used when only a single chamb is used to provide the forward thrust.
  • the forward movement of the cutte head 40 is truly continuous and without hesitation, even during the transfer of the gripping from the one support frame to the other, because of the short period of overlap in which both support frames are in gripping contact with the tunnel and provide a forward thrust.
  • the other support frame is advanced forward along the hollow tube 29 to be in more forward position to again take over the gripping of the tunnel walls and provide a forward thrust when the other support frame nears the end of its stroke.
  • the cutter head is provided with all the usual accessories, such as scrapers and mud buckets for remov ing the debris and transferring them to a conveyor shown at 63, passing rearwardly over the top of the machine to the auxiliary equipment behind the tunneling machine.
  • the usual ventilation line 62 for bringing in fresh to the front of the machine, and the necessary operator's conso (not shown) can be provided adjacent the rear housing 52 out of the way of the two moving support frames 11 and 12.
  • While the machine has been shown as a hard rock boring machine, it is recognized that it may also be outfitted with a shield surrounding the machine rearwardly of the cutter head 40 with suitable openings for the front support feet 60 and 61, as well as the pressure pads 20 on the clamp legs 13-16.
  • a shield may be advanced by suitable means, such as hydraulic cyl ders, to follow along behind the cutter head 40, but it is reco nized that under those circumstances it may be necessary to tem rarily stop the forward motion of the cutter head 40 to allow t thrust cylinders for the shield to be repositioned to continue their forward movement.
  • each of the support frames may use more than two clamp legs located at peripherally spaced positions or axially spaced positions with respect to each of the support frames.

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EP0126047A2 (fr) * 1983-05-10 1984-11-21 Atlas Copco Aktiebolag Perforatrice pour tunnels non circulaires
EP0126047A3 (fr) * 1983-05-10 1985-04-03 Atlas Copco Aktiebolag Perforatrice pour tunnels non circulaires
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EP0677643A1 (fr) * 1994-04-15 1995-10-18 Alpine Westfalia Berg- und Tunneltechnik GmbH & Co. Machine de perforation des tunnels
EP0742346A2 (fr) * 1995-05-12 1996-11-13 Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Machine de creusement de tunnels
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